An access log is a comprehensive list of all the files which were accessed by the visitors of a given site. Any file that was requested for some reason will be listed, so if you have just one webpage with three embedded pictures, one video and one embedded text file, for example, the access log shall contain a total of 6 entries - one for every of the six files which were accessed when the website visitor opened the webpage. A log typically shows the file name and path, the date, as well as the visitor’s Operating System, browser and IP address. Occasionally you can also find the referrer sites that sent the visitors to your website. The info that an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It can be processed by special software on a personal computer and used to prepare reports on the efficiency of a site, independent of the web stats that your hosting server may have generated.
Access Log Manager in Website Hosting
If you opt for one of our website hosting plans, you’ll receive comprehensive access logs for your sites. After you sign in to your Hepsia CP, you can go to the Access/Error Logs section in which you will see an extensive list of the domains and subdomains that you've added or created within the web hosting account. You'll simply need to click on the On button, that's situated on the right-hand side of each and every hostname and our cloud platform will start generating logs at once. To disable this feature, you will need to follow the same exact steps and click on the Off button. The domains and subdomains can be managed separately and at any time. You will find a download link inside the Logs section of the CP for any log created by our system, so you're able to save the file to your laptop or computer and view it or use it with some log processing software.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall have the option to enable or disable the generation of access logs with no more than several mouse clicks inside your Hepsia hosting CP. You will find this function inside the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access once you sign in. All it takes for our system to start generating logs is one click on the On button that you will see there. The function can be triggered independently for any website regardless if it uses a domain or a subdomain and you'll find the full list of all the hosts within that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with just a click and you can then see it manually or use some software on your PC. The log generation could be stopped by simply changing the On option to Off in the Logs section of your Control Panel.